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HIS IS
KSBW ACTION NEWS 8.
DAN: GOOD EVENING.
ERIN: WE ARE BEGINNING TONIGHT
WITH ONE SOUTH COUNTY CITY
EXPERIENCING AN EXODUS OF IT'S
TOP LEADERS AND A MAYOR WHO'S
UNDER INVESTIGATION.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CITY OF
GREENFIELD WHICH JUST YESTERDAY
LEARNED THEIR POLICE CHIEF IS
TAKING A JOB IN SALINAS HERE'S
ACTION NEWS REPORTER FELIX
CORTEZ WITH TONIGHT'S TOP STORY.
FELIX: GREENFIELD HEADING INTO A
LEADERSHIP VACUUM THAT WILL
MATERIALIZE IN THE COMING WEEKS
.
AT THE END OF THIS MONTH CITY
MANAGER SUSAN STANTON WILL LEAVE
.
THE CITY ATTORNEY IS ALREADY
GONE AND POLICE CHIEF ADELE
FRESE WILL BECOME SALINAS'S NEW
POLICE CHIEF THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
MONTH.
>> WE NEED TO MOVE ON YOU KNOW
THAT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE.
FELIX: CHIEF FRESE WHO SPENT
MORE THAN TWO YEARS IN
GREENFIELD WILL BE REPLACED BY
HER SECOND IN COMMAND GREG ALLEN
UNTIL A NEW CITY MANAGER DECIDES
WHAT TO DO NEXT CITY MANAGER
STANTON SPENT 4 YEARS HERE HER
TEMPORARY REPLACEMENT IS BEING
BROUGHT IN FROM OUTSIDE THE
CITY.
>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START
ALL OVER SEE IF WE CAN BRING IN
PEOPLE THAT WILL STAY WE'RE NOT
GETTING PEOPLE IN GREENFIELD
LIKE CITY MANAGERS, AND MAYORS
AND POLICE CHIEFS' STAYING THEY
HERE A COUPLE OF YEARS AND
LEAVING.
FELIX: AS IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH
TO MERIT UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR
HIS DEALINGS THE MEDICAL
MARIJUANA COMMUNITY.
THOSE FINDINGS EXPECTED TO BE
RELEASED FRIDAY.
COUNTER WAS EXPECTED TO TAKE
ACTION NEXT WEEK'S COUNCIL
MEETING.
>> YEAH THEY TALKING ABOUT
CENSORSHIP AND DOING THAT, YOU
KNOW IT PROBABLY HAS POLITICAL
OVERTONES TO BE HONEST BUT IT IS
WHAT IT IS.
FELIX: BUT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
ASSURANCES FROM ELECTED
LEADERSHIP THAT GREENFIELD WILL
GET THROUGH THIS.
>> IT LOOKS BAD RIGHT NOW,
THINGS ARE KIND OF SCARY PEOPLE
ARE WORRIED.
BUT EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE OK.
WE'LL ALL PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER
GET A PLAN PUT THE RIGHT PIECES
IN THE RIGHT PLACES.